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DP&L Episode 253: How I Used AI to Make a Book Writing Plan

08 November 2025 13:18 Christine Tulley, Executive Writing Coach & President

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Christine Tulley, President and Executive Writing Coach, shares her experience using AI (Claude) to create a comprehensive writing plan for her upcoming book on sabbaticals, commissioned by Princeton University Press for their Skills for Scholars series. With a deadline of February 20th and only 18,000 of 65,000 words written, she demonstrates how AI can be a powerful project management tool for academic writers while maintaining ethical boundaries about what content to share with AI platforms.

Episodes Mentioned:

  • Episode 164: Closing a Writing Session

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